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Nomadism largely shaped its peculiar music, clothing, jewelry and oral literature. Kazakh culture also seems to be strongly influenced by the nomadic Scythians. [1] Because animal husbandry was central to the Kazakhs' traditional lifestyle, most of their nomadic practices and customs relate in some way to livestock. Traditional curses and ...
Traditional Kazakh cuisine is the traditional food of the Kazakh people. It is focused on mutton and horse meat , as well as various milk products . For hundreds of years, Kazakhs were herders who raised fat-tailed sheep, Bactrian camels, and horses, relying on these animals for transportation, clothing, and food. [ 1 ]
The Kazakhs (Kazakh: қазақтар, qazaqtar, قازاقتار, ⓘ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia and Eastern Europe.There are Kazakh communities in Kazakhstan's border regions in Russia, northern Uzbekistan, northwestern China (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), western Mongolia (Bayan-Ölgii Province) and Iran (Golestan province). [28]
Pages in category "Culture of Kazakhstan" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The most common images are of horses; deer, which symbolize power and beauty in Kazakh art; and eagles, representing immortality and the sky. [3] [4] In the Bronze Age, the territory of modern Kazakhstan was inhabited by people of the Andronovo culture, and the Begazy–Dandybai culture in the south. The Andronovo culture processed metal ores ...
Kazakhstan accepted the convention on 29 April 1994. [3] There are six World Heritage Sites listed in Kazakhstan, with a further 13 on the tentative list. [3] The first site inscribed to the list was the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, at the 27th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris in 2003. [4]
Kara Jorga or Kara Zhorga (Kazakh: Qara jorğa - "Black Ambler") is a traditional Kazakh instrumental song and dance depicting a horse that uses an ambling gait. [1] Along with other nomadic dances, the Kara Zhorga dance (Black pacer) connected to animalistic symbolism and Tengrianism .
Throughout history, peoples on the territory of modern Kazakhstan had nomadic lifestyle, which developed and influenced Kazakh culture. Human activity in the region began with the extinct Pithecanthropus and Sinanthropus one million–800,000 years ago in the Karatau Mountains and the Caspian and Balkhash areas.